The Society and LCAO Encourage Congress to Continue Focus on Older Americans in Next Stimulus Package

Recently the Society, along with the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO), urged Congress not to lose focus on older Americans during their new stimulus package work. The groups’ recommendations to Congress included the “urgent need for Congress to ensure that vulnerable older populations, and all health care and social service workers receive sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE). The workers needing PPE include direct care workers, long term services and support providers, mental health providers, aging network and senior housing providers – who provide on-site, or in-home health care or social services to older adults and people with disabilities.”

The groups also focused on housing and related services, income security issues, and health and community services.

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